Books to read before you die
There are always so many books I want to read but every time I finally find some time I’ve forgotton all about them again. To help you select the next must-read we’ve compiled a list of must-read-lists. Put them on your quillp-wishlist and get even better suggestions of must-read books directly from your friends by browsing their libraries on quillp.
Here we go with the lists - in no particular order:
- All-time 100 novels: TIME magazine critics Lev Grossman’s and Richard Lacayo’s picks of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present
- 100 best novels from the editorial board of Modern Library with links to their New York Times reviews
- 110 best books - the perfect library according to the Telegraph, accompanied by loooong discussion thread of readers on the missing books
- Top 200 - BBC’s Big Read as nominated by 750k UK readers
- Top 100 books of all time by the Guardian - determined from the vote by 100 noted writers from 54 countries
- 1001 books you must read before you die - the full list taken from the book
- [German] Marcel Reich-Ranickis Kanon der deutschen Literatur - gegliedert nach Gedichten, Dramen, Erzählungen und Romanen
- [German] 100 Bücher des Jahrhunderts
Guess a couple of lifes are needed to read all of them before I die. What are your favorite-definitely-not-to-miss-books?
Update [August 18, 2008]: Another must-read list for all fans of comics - thanks to Alexander over at deutsche-startups.de for this one:
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July 13th, 2008 at 1:12
Thanks for this list of lists.
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July 24th, 2008 at 11:03
Dienstags bei Morrie - aber das mit dem sterben hier im Titel nicht persönlich nehmen. Passt aber sehr gut. LG Julia
April 17th, 2009 at 19:55
with a reading habit that i am pretty proud of, your list suddenly made me feel quite un-read. And thats the closest i could get to describing the feeling
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:17
@vikram: Guess one needs a few more lifes for that…
May 3rd, 2009 at 11:09
23 years of my life have elapsed, and I have read only five of the above mentioned books.